merge duplicate bug into original

note behavior change, also that presense dependencies could let this be
fixed now

1 files changed, 21 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/doc/bugs/broken_parentlinks.mdwn b/doc/bugs/broken_parentlinks.mdwn
index caf1eeb0e..f8f96b6ca 100644
--- a/doc/bugs/broken_parentlinks.mdwn
+++ b/doc/bugs/broken_parentlinks.mdwn
@@ -19,6 +19,10 @@ example/*!
 ikiwiki doesn't have a way to represent this dependency and can't get one
 without a lot of new complex code being added.
 
+> Note that this code has now been added. In new terms, example/* has a
+> presence dependency on example. So this bug is theoretically fixable now.
+> --[[Joey]] 
+
 For now the best thing to do is to make sure that you always create
 example if you create example/foo. Which is probably a good idea anyway..
 
@@ -27,3 +31,20 @@ example if you create example/foo. Which is probably a good idea anyway..
 Note that this bug does not exist if the wiki is built with the "usedirs"
 option, since in that case, the parent link will link to a subdirectory,
 that will just be missing the index.html file, but still nicely usable.
+--[[Joey]] 
+
+----
+
+<http://www.gnu.org/software/hurd/hurd/translator/writing.html> does not exist.
+Then, on
+<http://www.gnu.org/software/hurd/hurd/translator/writing/example.html>, in the
+*parentlinks* line, *writing* links to the top-level *index* file.  It should
+rather not link anywhere at all.  --[[tschwinge]]
+
+> So, the bug has changed behavior a bit. Rather than a broken link, we get
+> a link to the toplevel page. This, FWIW, is because the template now
+> uses this for each parentlink:
+
+	<a href="<TMPL_VAR URL>"><TMPL_VAR PAGE></a>/
+
+> Best workaround is still to enable usedirs. --[[Joey]]